General Damages for a Stoic Grandmother
If I try hard to ignore my injuries and get on with my life, will I get less money that someone who dwells on their pain? What if I’ve worked really hard to get back to my activities, even though
Read More →Pre-existing/Intervening Events and Non-Pecuniary Damages
What if I was really quite injured before I even got in a car crash? I seem to be accident-prone – can I still be compensated for my injuries from when I was rear-ended? What if I keep having new
Read More →Severe Disabilities and the Crumbling Skull Doctrine
If I had disabling chronic pain before the crash, will the court look at that in assessing damages? What if I’d been doing really well just before the crash, and I think I would have kept doing well if I
Read More →The impact of pre – existing injuries
How will my pre – crash limitations affect my claim? Should I try to downplay my pre – existing injuries? What if my pre – existing injuries make me more susceptible to being injured? How does the court balance these
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